Ruling Party: Belgrade Elections in Progress, Will Be Held Regardless of Whether Opposition Runs

Milenko Jovanov (BETAPHOTO/AMIR HAMZAGIC)

Serbian Progressive Party whip Milenko Jovanov said on April 18 that local elections would be held in Belgrade on June 2 whether the opposition ran in them or not.

Jovanov told Happy TV that "elections in Belgrade are in progress," and that "the election tickets have been declared and electoral activities are in underway," and that "in that sort of sense" he did not see any problems.

Jovanov, who participated for the Serbian Progressive Party in negotiations between the government and opposition on applying the ODIHR's recommendations on improving electoral conditions in Serbia, also said that opposition parties were trying to create a political problem over that.